Film-box.



A. S. GRIFFEY & B. STEINHAUSER.

FILM BOX.

APPLICATION FILED 0017, 1913.

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A. S. GRIFFE Y & B. STEINHAUSER.

FILM BOX.

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FILM-BOX.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 22, 1914.

Application filed October 7, 1913. Serial No. 793,835.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, ALBERT S. GRIFFEY andBURTON STEINI-IAUSER, citizens of the United States, residing atShelbyville, in the county of Shelby and State of Indiana, have inventednew and useful Improvements in Film-Boxes, of which the following is aspecification.

The present invention relates to receptacles for holding the idle reelsof films in the operating-rooms of moving-picture theaters, and thelike, and the primary object is to provide a novel, simple andconvenient structure, which will preserve the reels, so that they arereadily accessible, and will permit the same being separated andtransported.

The preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a perspective view of two ofthe cases in assembled relation. Fig. 2 is a plan view of one of saidcases. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the same, a portion being brokenaway to illustrate the interior arrangement.

Similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawings.

The structure preferably comprises a series of separable units, eachdesigned to hold a single reel, and each unit is in the form of a caseof sheet metal having side walls 41, a top wall 5, a bottom wall 6, anda rear wall 7, leaving an open front, which is closed by a swinging door8. The bottom 6 inclines downwardly and forwardly, and beneath the sameis formed a reservoir or receptacle 9 for holding glycerin, or analogousmaterial. This bottom is perforated, as illustrated at 10 to affordcommunication between the interior of the case and the interior of thesaid receptacle or reservoir.

The rear wall 7 projects beyond the sides and top, forming a flange 11,the upper part of which is provided with key-hole openings 12 that aredesigned to receive supporting hooks, nails or other devices, wherebythe structure can be suspended from a wall. The front portion of thecase is also provided with an outstanding flange 13. The

two flanges 11 and 13 on one side of the case are provided with key-holeopenings 14, and on the opposite side, are provided with correspondinglyarranged headed studs 15. Each case furthermore has a handle bail 16,

suitably secured to the side walls 4 between the flanges. For thepurpose of securing the doors 8 in closed position, each case hasslidably mounted on the rear side of the flange 13, a verticallydisposed rod 17, the same being engaged in ears 18, and this rod isprovided with a keeper hook 19 that an opening formed in the flange. Thedoor 8 has an car 20 provided with an opening 21, and the keeper hook 19is arranged to pass through the opening 21 and engage over the loweredge thereof. A spring 22, surrounding the rod and bearing against theuppermost ear 18, also bears against the collar 23 on the rod, andserves to urge the same downwardly, so as to insure the lock- 111gaction of the keeper hook 19. The lower end of the rod is preferablyprovided with an operating head 24:.

One or more of the cases may be employed as desired. If a number areused, the studs 15 of one are engaged in the key-hole openings 14 of thenext adjacent, and they are thus locked together. They can be supportedor suspended from a wall, as already explained. If it is desired toobtain a reel of film from one of the cases, it is only nec essary topress upwardly upon the head 24 of the locking rod 17, whereupon thehook 19 will be disengaged from the ear 20 and the door will then beopened and the reel will roll out, because of the inclined dispositionof the bottom 6, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 3. It will alsobeevident that each individual case may be detached from its neighbor andit with the reel therein individually transported.

From the foregoing, it is thought that the construction, operation andmany advantages of the herein described invention will be apparent tothose skilled in the art, without further description, and it will beunderstood that various changes in the size, shape, proportion and minordetails of construction may be resorted to without departing from thespirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A case of the character set forth, comprising top, bottom, rear andside walls, the bottom wall being disposed in a forward and downwardinclination and extending at such inclination to the front edge to causepasses through a reel placed therein to be automatically discharged fromthe case, an outwardly swinging door for entirely closing the front ofthe case andconstituting means forretaining the reel therein, and meansnormally locking the door against its outward movement to hold the reelin its case.

2. A case of the character set forth, comprising inclosing walls and anopen front, an outstanding flange located alongside the open front, adoor mounted on the case for closing the open front, and means mountedon the'ext'e'rior of the case behind the flange for securing the door inclosed position, said flange having means for attaching it to the flangeof a corresponding case.

3. A reel-holding structure of the char- Copies of this patent may beobteines for engage in the key-hole openings of the flanges of theadjacent case.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto set our hands in presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

ALBERT S. GRIFFEY. BURTON STEINHAUSER. Witnesses:

A. E. LISHER, R. F. BARNARD.

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